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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Plantain Family
  7. Gratioleae
  8. Water Hyssop

genus

Water Hyssop

Bacopa

Traits
Includes
5 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Herb-of-Grace native
  • Carolina Water-hyssop native
  • Roundleaf Water-hyssop native
  • Tropical Water-Hyssop native
  • Bacopa lanigera
  • Bacopa salzmannii
  • Gila River Water Hyssop native
  • Yerba De Culebra
  • Creeping Waterhyssop
  • Brazilian Waterhyssop

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native water hyssop All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Carolina Water-hyssop Bacopa caroliniana caterpillars 3
  • Herb-of-Grace Bacopa monnieri caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 3
  • Tropical Water-Hyssop Bacopa innominata caterpillars 1
  • Roundleaf Water-hyssop Bacopa rotundifolia flowers 1
  • Gila River Water Hyssop Bacopa eisenii

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